Новости за 21.04.2018

Danny Diaz-Delgado was lured into an alley, ambushed by two men, tied up with tape and forced into the trunk of a car before being executed on the bank of a creek outside Trenton – all while begging for his life. The grim details of the 20-year-old Trenton man’s final moments emerged Fri...

Happy birthday to the best space telescope ever! Love, PopSci. A visible light image of the Lagoon Nebula (aka Messier 8 or M8) with the bright star Herschel 36 at the center. NASA, ESA, and STScI On a clear summer night in the northern hemisphere you can go out to your backyard with a pair of…...

A study published Thursday confirmed that the cracks identified on Mars’ surface last year by the Curiosity rover are indeed evidence of ancient lakes that likely dried up about 3.5 billion years ago. The new study provides further evidence of what the climate on the Red Planet may have been l...

What is a gang, anyway? … to this broader question about surveillance and data,” said Andy Clarno, the coordinator of a research group at the University of Illinois-Chicago that issued a February report on the gang database. “When there’s …...

President Donald Trump fired off a series of Tweets early Saturday morning, attacking the New York Times’ Maggie Habermann and accusing her of trying to poison his relationship with his attorney, Michael Cohen. “The New York Times and a third rate reporter named Maggie Habberman [sic], k...

What is a gang, anyway? … to this broader question about surveillance and data,” said Andy Clarno, the coordinator of a research group at the University of Illinois-Chicago that issued a February report on the gang database. “When there’s …...

Watch the video. Last month, we reported that over the past five years, IBM has targeted its older U.S. employees for layoffs. The numbers are staggering: Since 2013, we estimated IBM eliminated more than 20,000 American employees ages 40 and over....

In tests conducted in late 2017, one in three coal-fired power plants nationwide detected “statistically significant” amounts of contaminants, including harmful chemicals like arsenic, in the groundwater around their facilities....

We are living in a time of extraordinary ecological loss. Not only are human actions destabilising the very conditions that sustain life, but it is also increasingly clear that we are pushing the Earth into an entirely new geological era, often described as the Anthropocene. Research shows that peop...

Beer is the most consumed alcoholic beverage in the world; it is also the most popular drink after water and tea. In the modern world, however, little consideration is typically given to how beer developed with respect to taste. Even less is given to why beer is thought of in the way that it is. But...

Thousands of Canadians across the country are attending 4-20 events this year, even though cannabis consumption in Canada will soon be legal. But in Calgary, the privilege of smoking up in public will not be extended to everyone of legal age — not on 4-20, and not following legalization. Calgary Cit...

When Stormy Daniels spoke to “60 Minutes” last month, the porn actress described a threat she received years ago after speaking to a journalist about her alleged affair with Donald Trump. A stranger approached her in a parking lot in Las Vegas. Daniels was there with her baby daughter. “Leave Trump ...

President Donald Trump’s trade policy leaves international economists like me scratching our heads. His apparent desire to start a trade war with China is only one example on a long list of what I see as poor trade policy choices. Others include: abandoning the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, ...

Once upon a time, there was a prominent, powerful man in government who cared deeply about integrity and following the rules. He said, “You cannot know a man completely, his character, his principles, sense of judgment, not till he’s shown his colors … Experience, there’s the test.” Leaders have a s...

At the tail end of the ‘Overtime segment” of HBO’s Real Time, host Bill Maher grew agitated with the fanatical conservative base who see no problem with how President Donald Trump acts. According to the HBO host, they are the type of “cult” who could pave the way for a ...

Socioeconomics play a significant role in attitudes about food – especially concerns about safety and purchasing behavior. And higher income doesn’t always correlate with informed choices. On the contrary, our research shows that affluent Americans tend to overestimate their knowledge about health a...

In the flurry of coverage surrounding the evangelical Christian voting bloc that overwhelmingly supported Donald Trump, I’ve seen many images of happy people holding “Thank God for Trump” signs and commentary about conservative Christians who are deliriously happy about new protections for Christian...

The devil needs updating. With what we know now we can do a whole lot better than the primitive authors of ancient texts ever did. The devil originates among the Essene Hebrews and really takes off among the early Christians, Luke in particular. He’s a function of religious rivalries, a mythical cha...

It was revealed this week that Fox News host Sean Hannity was the third mystery client of President Donald Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen. To make matters worse, Hannity is also helping craft tweets and discuss strategy with the president while still working for Fox News. “Real Time̶...

Michael Cohen was forced to reveal all of his clients this week by a judge handling the case in the Manhattan court. In addition to Trump, Cohen was working for a former Republican Party fundraiser who impregnated a Playboy model and Fox News host Sean Hannity. While Cohen may have shelled out cash ...

President Donald Trump was up late Friday night expressing his anger at former FBI director James Comey. “James Comey illegally leaked classified documents to the press in order to generate a Special Council [sic]? Therefore, the Special Council [sic] was established based on an illegal act? R...

During Friday’s episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” “The Circus” host Alex Wagner sounded the alarm about what the GOP’s new census question is really about. However, there might be something good that could come from it. It was announced recently that a quest...

HBO host Bill Maher couldn’t help but note that New York City is working hard to take care of it’s rat problem by shipping both Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani off to Washington. During his Monday night opener, Maher knocked the man once known as America’s mayor as someone who becam...

Michael Avenatti, attorney for adult film star Stormy Daniels is eager to see President Donald Trump be dragged into a Los Angeles court room as their lawsuit continues to move forward. “The problem is, he’s trusted a moron with his inner-most secrets,” Avenatti said of Trump’...

A biographer of Donald Trump said the president deserves credit for the “audacity” of the lies that he has been telling his entire life during a Friday appearance with CNN’s Anderson Cooper. The segment began by focusing on credible reports that Trump has used the aliases John Mill...